The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-10-04

and prescription era, and his lieutenant
who was secretary OF q No.Nothtng club. |
at ID q purely commercial association,
trading In legislation and patronage aa |
buginesp," II says, and, continuing, tho
address charges that the Organization has
banded together the criminal classea for
election and other purposes, and that In
more than one instance they have not
stopped at murder. s'eeven mon have
been appointed to Office Under the city,
State and National Government within q
low. months past who have taken human
lie, and these appointments have not
been made by oversight, but in spite Of
all p,otcata; In most caaes they were re-.
appointments" The charge Is then made
that without legitimate cause for great
expense the city "groans under the
burden Of a tax rate which tho worry
organ Of the ring coniesaes to be,
when properly estimated, higher
than that OF any other city on the Allan.
tic conni, sAYs jersey City," Tho charges
against two acts OF supervisors Of election
10 made that they deliberately filled the
windows with judges taken from the very
dregs OF the city,, also, that one OF the
supervisors, when two judges were under
asres. for murder, expressed donbts 40 to
whether they would be unfit for the
Offices 10 which no had appointed them.
Tho association THE Democratic party Is
charged with appointing to public Office
thieves, burglars, express robbers, muir
derers, &C., and with Yeward;ng from the
public TREASURY every one charged with
burning the ballots while in charge IF tho
clerk Of tho court; that thu attorney Of tho
organization, to whom Ia committed tho
drafting Of election laws, has deiaced the
iatatue books with laws fit only to be In.
etruments Of crime; that the same Rttor.
ney has been employed TO evade tho plat.
form promiaes Of reform for the past
twelve yearu, and Is again chairman Of
tho committee to prepare the laws prom.
Used By the laBt convention. V
cit 10 idle to blind our eyes to that fact,
or to mako excuses for ouraslvas. II We
refrain from voting the regular Demo-
. cratic ticket, we do 1t to elect the Rspub.
l.licsn ticket. We propcge, as Democrats,
to vots directly for the men who are run
ming as Republicans in the State and city.
We shall do 1t without fear, and shall BIO
fully responsible Tor our acts. II the Re-
publican party can secure lis beat men for
Office, and tell MS In plain English what
1t means to do, and TINT which claims to
, be the Democratic party cannot, then we
: will give the. Republican candidates a
chance, and will seud the pseudo.Damo-
cratic party into retirement until 1t lids
itaelf Of the evil Influences by which 1t Is
J now controlled" &
!, At tho public meeting at which the ad-
dress was adopted, Mr.. S. Teakle Wallis
J said no intended to vote for Cleveland,
but he would do 80 with better heart ii
the President would rid himself Of the
} contamination Of tho German Influence.
, When Mr.. Wallis said this he had not yet
had chance to read the quotation above,
in which 1t 10 declared in so many worda
that the preaent fight Of German to keep
nimaelf in power Is also fight to hold the
State for Cleveland. 5,5
The ringstcrs admit that II they lose
Maryland now they cannot reclaim it next
year. Tho independents prefer to run
this risk, rather thun put up with the rule
Of tho criminal classes. It is a savage con.
teat, and the eyes OF the country aretu.nei
toward Maryland to zee how abe will bear
herself in the most important political
struggle in her history.